Definition
A unit of land measurement used in Russia, equal to about 2.7 acres or 1.09 hectares.
Etymology
From Russian десятина (desyatina), derived from десять (desyat') meaning 'ten,' as it originally referred to a tenth of a larger land unit in medieval Russia.
Kelly Says
This word shows how different countries developed their own measurement systems—while France had hectares and England had acres, Russia used dessiatines based on their own decimal thinking, making it a fascinating window into how Tolstoy and Dostoevsky's characters would have understood land ownership.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ደስሲያትን
de-ssi-ya-tin
ARالعربية
دِسْسَاتِينَة
di-s-sa-ti-nah
CACatalà
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
CSČeština
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
DADansk
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
DEDeutsch
Dessiatine
des-si-ah-tee-nuh
ELΕλληνικά
δεσσιάτινα
de-ssia-ti-na
ESEspañol
dessiatina
des-see-ah-tee-nah
FAفارسی
دِسِیَاتِین
di-si-ya-tin
FISuomi
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
FRFrançais
dessaine
de-sane
GUGU
દેશિયાટીન
de-shi-ya-tin
HAHA
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
HEעברית
דֶּסְסִיאָטִין
de-s-si-a-tin
HUMagyar
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
IDBahasa Indonesia
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
IGIG
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
ITItaliano
dessiatina
de-see-a-tee-na
KKKK
дестіатин
de-sti-a-tin
KMKM
ដេស៊ីអាតីន
de-si-a-ati-n
MRMR
दशेसटिन
da-she-sat-in
MSBahasa Melayu
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
MYမြန်မာ
ဒေစီးယပ်
de-si-ye-paht
NLNederlands
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
NONorsk
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
PAPA
ਦੇਸੀਆਟਿਨ
de-si-a-tin
PLPolski
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
PTPortuguês
dessiatina
de-si-a-ti-na
RORomână
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
RUРусский
десятина
des-ya-tee-na
SVSvenska
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
SWKiswahili
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
TAதமிழ்
தேசியாட்டின்
the-si-ya-ttin
TEతెలుగు
దశియత
da-shi-ya-t
THไทย
เดซิอาติน
de-si-a-tin
TLTL
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
TRTürkçe
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
UKУкраїнська
десятина
des-ya-tee-na
URاردو
دِسْسَاتِينَة
di-s-sa-ti-nah
VITiếng Việt
dessiatine
de-si-a-tin
YOYO
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne
ZUZU
dessiatine
de-si-a-ti-ne